2436 Important Words For ESL Students
 
a/an
ability/able
about
above
abroad
absence/absent
accept/-able
accident
accordance
according (to)
account
accuse
accustomed to
ache
acid
across
act
action
active
activist
actor/actress
actual(ly)
add/addition
address
adjective
administration
admire/-ation
admit
adult
advance
advantage
adventure
adverb
advertise/-ment
advice/advise
affair
affect
afford
afraid
after
afternoon
afterwards
again
against
age
agency
aggression
ago
agree/-ment
agriculture
ah
ahead
aid
aim
air
air force
aircraft carrier
aircraft/airplane
airport
alcohol
alike
alive
all
allow
ally
almost
alone
along
aloud
alphabet
already
also
although
altogether
always
ambassador
amend
ammunition
among
amount
amuse/-ment/-ing
analysis
anarchy
ancient
and
anger/angry
angle
animal/beast
ankle
anniversary
announce
annoy/-ance
another
answer
ant
anxiety/anxious
any
anyhow
anyone
anything
anyway
anywhere
apart
apologize
apparatus
appeal
appear/-ance
apple
appoint
approach
appropriate
approve/approval
arch
area
argue/-ment
arm
armor
arms
army
around
arrange/-ment
arrest
arrive/arrival
art
article
artificial
artillery
as
as if
as well
as well as
ash
ashamed
aside
ask
asleep
association
astronaut
asylum
at
at all
at least
atmosphere
atom
attack
attempt
attend/-ance
attention
attract/-ive
aunt
authority/-ies
automobile
autumn
available
average
avoid
awake
award
aware
away
awkward
baby
back [aj/n]
background
backward/-s
bacteria
bad
bag
bake
balance
ball
balloon
ballot
ban
banana
band
bank [money]
bank [shore]
bar
bare
barrel
base
basic/basis
basket
bath/-e
bathroom
battle
be/am/are/is/were
beach
beak
beam
bean
bear [v]
beard
beat [n/v]
beauty/beautiful
because
become
bed
bee
beer
before
beg
begin/-ning
behave/behavior
behind
believe/belief
bell
belong
below
belt
bend
beneath
berry
beside(s)
best
betray
better
between
beyond
bicycle
big
bill
bind
bird
birth
birthday
bit
bite
bitter
black
blade
blame
blanket
bleed
bless
blind
block
blond
blood
blow
blue
board
boat
body
boil
bomb
bone
book
boot
border
born
borrow
both
bottle
bottom
bowels
bowl
box
boy
brain
branch
brass
brave
bread
break
breakfast
breast
breath/-e
breed
brick
bridge
brief
bright
bring
broad [aj]
broadcast
brother
brown
brush
bucket
build
building
bullet
bunch [n]
burial
burn
burst
bury
bus
bush
business
busy
but
butter
button
buy
by
cabinet [government]
cage
cake
calculate/-or
call
calm
camera
camp
campaign
can [container]
can [is able to]
cancel
cancer
candidate
candle
cannon
cap
capital
captain
car
card
cardboard
care
careful
careless
carriage
carry
cart
case
castle
cat
catch/capture
cattle
cause
ceasefire
celebrate
cell
cement
cent
center/central
centimeter
century
ceremony
certain [aj/det]
chain
chair
chairman
chalk
champion
chance
change
chapter
character
charge
charm
chase
cheap
cheat
check (cheque)
cheek
cheer/-ful
cheese
chemical
chemistry
chest
chicken
chief
child
childhood
chimney
chin
chocolate
choose/choice
church
cigarette
cinema
circle/circular
circumstances
citizen
city
civilian
civilization
claim
clash
class [n]
clay
clean
clear/-ly
clergy
clerk
clever
cliff
climb
clock
close [aj/av/v]
cloth
clothes/clothing
cloud
club
coal
coalition
coast [n]
coat
coffee
coin
cold
collar
collect
college
colony
color
comb
combine/-ation
come
comedy
comfort/-able
command
comment
committee
common
communicate
companion
company
compare/-arison
compete/-ition/-itor
complain/-t
complete
compound
compromise
computer
concern/-ing
concert
condemn
condition
conference
confidence/-dent
confirm
conflict
confuse
congratulate
congress
connect
conscience
conscious
conservative
consider
consist (of)
consonant
constitution
contain/contents
continent
continue
continuous
contract [n]
control
convenient
convention
conversation
cook
cool
cooperate
copper
copy
cord
corn
corner
correct
cost
cotton
cough
could
council
count [v]
country
couple
courage
course
court [n]
cover
cow
coward/-ly
crack
crash
cream
create
creature
credit
creep
crew
cricket
crime
criminal
crisis
criticize
crop(s)
cross
crowd
cruel/-ty
crush
cry
cultivate
culture
cup
cupboard
cure
curl
current
curse
curtain
curve
custom [duty]
custom [cultural]
customer
cut
cycle [v]
daily
dam
damage
dance
danger/-ous
dare [v]
dark
data
date [n]
daughter
day
dead
deaf
deal
dear
death
debate
debt
decay
deceit/deceive
decide/decision
decimal
declare/-ation
decorate/-ation
decrease
deep/depth
deer
defeat
defend/defense
deficit
degree
delay
delegate
delicate
delight
deliver
demand
democracy
demonstrate
denounce
deny
department
depend
dependent
deplore
deploy
descend
describe/description
descriptive
desert
deserve
design
desirable
desire
desk
destroy/destruction
detail(s)
determination
determined
develop/-ment
device
devil
diamond
dictator
dictionary
die
different/-ence
difficult/-y
dig
dinner
dip
diplomat
direct
direction
dirt/-y
disappear
disappoint
disarm
discourage/-ment
discover/-y
discuss
disease
dish
dismiss
dispute
dissident
distance
distant
ditch
dive
divide/division
do
doctor/dr.
document
dog
dollar
door
doorway
dot
double
doubt
down
draft
drag
draw/-ing
drawer
dream
dress
drink
drive [v]
drop
drown
drug(s)
drum
drunk
dry
duck [n]
dull
during
dust
duty
each
each other
eager
ear
early
earn
earth
earthquake
east/-ern
easy/ease
eat
economy
edge
educate/-ation
effect
effective
effort
egg
eight/-th
either
elastic
elbow
elect/-ion
electric/-ity
electron
element
elephant
else
embassy
emergency
employ/-er/-ment
empty
enclose/-ure
encourage/-ment
end
enemy
energy
enforce
engine
engineer
enjoy/-ment
enough
enter
entertain/-ment
entrance
envelope
environment
equipment
equal/-ity
er/erm/uh [filler]
escape
ecially
establish
establishment
even
evening
event
ever
every
everyone
everything
everywhere
evidence
evil
evironment
exact/-ly
examine/-ation
example
excellent
except
exchange
excite/-ed/-ing
excuse
execute
exercise
exile
exist/-ence
expand
expect
expel
expensive
experience
experiment
expert
explain/explanation
explode/explosion
explore
explosive
export
express/-ion
extend/extent
extra
extreme
eye
eyelid
face
fact
factory
fail/-ure
faint [aj/v]
fair [aj]
fairy
faith/-ful
fall
false
familiar
family
famous/fame
fanatic
fancy
far
farm/-er
fashion/-able
fast
fasten
fat
fate
father
fault
favor
favorable
favorite [aj]
fear
feast
feather
federal
feed
feel
feeling(s)/emotion
fellow
female
fence
fertile
fever
few
field
fierce
fight
figure
fill
film
final
financial
find
fine
finger
finish
fire
fire [a gun]
fireplace
firm [aj/n]
first
fish
fisherman
fit [aj/v]
five/fifth
fix
flag
flame
flash
flat
flee
flesh
flight
float
flood
floor
flour
flow
flower
fluid
fly
fog
fold
follow
fond
food
fool/-ish
foot
football
footpath
footstep
for
for example
forbid
force
forehead
foreign/-er
forest
forget
forgive
fork
form
formal
former/-ly
fort
fortunate
fortune
forward(s)
four/-th
fox
frame
free/-dom
freeze
fresh
friend
friendly
frighten/-ing
from
front
fruit
fuel
fulfill
full
fun
funeral
funny
fur
furious
furnish
furniture
further
future
gain
game
garage
garden
garment
gas
gasoline [petrol]
gate
gather
general [military]
general [aj]
generous
gentle
gentleman
get
gift
girl
give
glad
glass
glory
glue
go
goal
goat
God/god
gold
good
good-bye
goods
govern
government
grace/-ful
gradual
grain
gram
grammar
grand
grandfather
grandmother
grass
grateful
grave [n]
gray
great
green
greet/-ing
grief/grieve
grind
ground
group
grow/-th
guarantee
guard
guerilla
guess
guest
guide/guidance
guilt/-y
gun
habit/-ual
hair/-y
half
hall
halt
hammer
hand
handkerchief
handle
hang
happen
happy
harbor
hard/-en
hardly
hardship
harm
harmful
harmless
hasty
hat
hate/hatred
have
he/him/his
head
headquarters
health/-y
hear
heart
heat
heaven
heavy
heel
height
helicopter
help/assist
helpful
hen
here
hero
herself
hide [v]
high
hijack
hill
himself
hire
history
hit
hold
hole
holiday
hollow
holy
home
honest/-y
honor
honorable/hon.
hook
hope
hopeful
hopeless
horizon
horn
horrible
horse
hospital
host
hostage
hostile
hostilities
hot
hotel
hour
hourly
house
how
however
huge
human
humor/-ous
hundred/-th
hunger/hungry
hunt
hurry
hurt
husband
hut
I/me/my
ice/icy
idea
if
ill
illegal
image
imagine/-ary/-ation
immediate
import
important/-ance
impossible
improve/-ment
in
in order (to)
in spite of/despite
in terms of
incident
incite
include
income
increase
indeed
independent
indoor(s)
industry/-ial
infect/-ion/-ious
inflation
influence/-tial
inform
information
injure
ink
inner
innocent
inquire/inquiry
insane
insect
inside
inct
instead (of)
instruct/-ion
instrument
insult
insure/-ance
intelligent
intend/intention
intense
interest
interesting
interfere
international
interrupt/-ion
intervene
into
introduce/-duction
invade
invent/-ion
invest/-ment
investigate
invite/invitation
involve
inwards
iron
island
issue
it/its
itself
jail
jaw
jealous/-y
jelly
jewel/-ry
job
join
joint
joke
journey
joy
judge
judgment
juice
jump
jungle
jury
just
justice
keen
keep
key
kick
kidnap
kill
kilo-/-gram/-meter
kind
king
kingdom
kiss
kitchen
knee
kneel
knife
knock
knot
know
knowledge
labor
laboratory
lack
ladder
lady
lake
lamb
lamp
land
language
large
last [ordinal]
late
later [av]
lately
latter
laugh/-ter
launch
law
lawyer
lay
lazy
lead [v]
lead [the metal]
leaf
leak
lean
learn
least
leather
leave
left
leg
legal
lend
length
less
lesson
let
letter
level
liberal
library
lid
lie
life
lift
light [n/aj]
lightning
like
likely
likewise
limb
limit
line
link
lion
lip
liquid
list
listen
liter
literature
little
live [v]
load
loaf [n]
local
lock
lodging(s)
log
lonely
long
look
loose
lord
lose/loss
lot
loud
love
low
lower
loyal/-ty
luck
lump
lung
machine
machinery
mad
magazine
magic/-ian
mail
main
major
majority
make
male
man
manage
manager
manner
many
map
march
mark
marker
market
marriage/marry
mass
master
mat
match
material
matter
may
mayor
meal
mean
meaning
means
measure
meat
medical
medicine
meet [v]/meeting
melt
member
memorial
memory
mend
mention
mercenary
mercy
merry
message
messenger
metal
meter [measurement]
method
metric
microscope
middle
might [aux v]
mile
militant
military
milk
million/-th
mind
mine
mineral
minister
minor
minority
minute [time]
mirror
miss [v]
Miss [title]
missile
missing
mist
mistake
mix
mixture
mob
model
moderate
modern
moment
money
monkey
month
monthly
moon
morals
more
morning
most
mother
motion
motor
mountain
mourn
mouse
mouth
move
Mr./Mister
Mrs.
much
mud
multiply
murder
muscle
music/-ian
must
myself
mystery/mysterious
nail
naked
name
narrow
nasty
nation/-al
nature/natural
navy/naval
near
nearly
neat
necessary
neck
need
needle
negotiate
neighbor
neighborhood
neither
nerve
nest
net
network
neutral
never
new
news
newspaper
next
nice
night
nine/ninth
no
no one
noble/-man
noise
nominate
none
nonsense
noon
nor
normal
north/-ern
nose
not
note
nothing
notice
noun
now
nowhere
nuclear
number
nurse
nut
nylon
o'clock
obey/obedience
object
observe
obtain
obviously
occasion
occupy
ocean
odd
of
of course
off
offend
offense/-ive
offer
office
officer
official
often/frequent
o/oh
oil
okay
old
old-fashioned
on
once
one
oneself
onion
only
open
operate
operation
opinion
opponent
oppose
opposite
opposition
oppress
or
orange
orbit
orchestra
order
ordinary
organ
organize/-ation
origin
original
other
otherwise
ought
ourselves
oust
out
outdoor(s)
outer
outside [pr]
over
overthrow
owe
owing to
own
oxygen
pack
packet
page
pain
painful
paint
painting
pair
palace
pale
pamphlet
pan
paper
parachute
parade
parallel
parcel
pardon
parent
park
parliament
part
participle
particular
partner
party
pass
passage
passenger
passport
past
pastry
path
patience/-ent
pattern
pause
pay/-ment
peace/-ful
pen [writing instrumt]
pence
pencil
people
pepper
per
percent
perfect
perform/-ance
perhaps/maybe
period
permanent
permit/permission
person
personal
persuade
pertain to
pet [n]
photograph/-y
phrase
physical
physics
piano
pick [v]
picture
piece
pig
pile
pilot
pin
pink
pipe
pirate
pity
place
plain
plan
plane
planet
plant
plastic
plate
play
pleasant
please
pleasure
plenty
plot
plural
pocket
poem/poetry
poet
point
poison
pole
police
policy
polish
polite
political
politician
politics
pollute
pool
poor
popular/-ity
population
port
position
possess/-ion
possible/-ility/-ibly
post
postpone
pot
potato
pound
pour
powder
power/-ful
practical
practice
praise
pray/-er
precious
pregnant
prepare/-aration
presence
present
preserve [v]
president
press
pressure
pretend
pretty
prevent
previous
price
prickly
pride/proud
priest
prince
principle
print
prison/-er
private
prize
probability
probable/probably
problem
process
procession
produce [v]
product
production
profession
professor
profit
program
progress
project
promise
pronounce/-iation
proof
propaganda
proper
property
propose
protect/-ion/-iv
protest
prove
provide
provision(s)
public
publication
publish
pull
pump
punish/-ment
pupil
purchase
pure
purple
purpose
push
put
quality
quantity
quarrel
quarter
queen
question
quick/-ly
quiet
quite
rabbi
rabbit
race
radar
radiation
radio
raid
railroad/railway
rain
raise
range
rank
rapid
rare
rat
rate
rather
raw
reach
read
ready
real/-ly
realistic
reason
reasonable
rebel
receive
recent/-ly
recession
recognition
recognize
record [n]
red
reduce
reform
refugee
refuse/refusal
regard
regret
regular [aj]
related
relation
relations
relative
release
religion
remain
remark
remember
remind
remove
rent
repair
repeat
reply
report
represent/-ative
repress
republic
request
rescue
research
reside/dwell
resign
resolution
rect/-ful
responsible
rest
restaurant
restrain
restrict
restroom
result
retire
return
revolt
reward
rice
rich
rid
ride
right
rights/civil rights
ring
riot
ripe
rise
risk
river
road
rob
rock
rocket
rod
role
roll
roof
room
root
rope
rose
rough
round
row
royal
rub
rubber
rude
ruin
rule
ruler
run
rush
sabotage
sacrifice
sad
safe/-ty
sail
sale
salt
same
sand
satellite
satisfaction
satisfy/-factory
save
say
scale
scatter
scene
scenery
school
science
scientific
scientist
scissors
scream
screw
sea
search
season
seat
second
secret/secrecy
section
security
see
seed
seek
seem
seize
self
sell
senate
send
sensation
sense
senseless
sensible
sensitive
sentence
separate
series
serious
sermon
servant
serve
service
set
settle
seven/-th
several
severe
sew
sex/-ual
shade
shadow
shake
shall
shame
shape
share
sharp
she/her/hers
sheep
sheet
shelf
shell
shelter
shield
shine
ship
shirt
shock
shoe
shoot
shop
shopkeeper
shore
short
shot [n]
should
shoulder
shout
show
shrink
shut
sick
side
sideways
sight
sign
signal
signature
significant
silence/silent
silk
silly
silver
similar/-ity
simple
since
sincere
sing
single
singular
sink [v]
sir
sister
sit
situation
six/-th
size
skeleton
skill/-ful
skin
skirt
skull
sky
slave
sleep
slide
slight [aj]
slip/slippery
slope
slow
small
smash
smell
smile
smoke
smooth
snake
snow
so
so-called
soap
social
society
sock
soft
soil
soldier
solemn
solid
solve
some
somehow
someone
something
sometimes
somewhere
son
song
soon
sore [aj]
sorry/sorrow
sort [n]
soul
sound
soup
sour
south/-ern
space
spacecraft
spade
spill
spilt
spin
spirit
splendid
split
spoil [v]
spoon
sport(s)
spot
spread
spring
spy
square
stab
staff
stage
stair(s)
stamp
stand
standard
star
start
starve
state
station
statue
stay
steady
steal
steam
steel
steep
stem
step
stick
sticky
stiff
still [aj/av]
sting
stitch
stomach
stone
stop
store
storm
story
stove
straight
strange/-r
stream
street
stretch
strike
string
stroke
strong/strength
structure
struggle
stubborn
student
study
stupid
style
subject
submarine
substance
substitute
subtract
subversion
succeed/success
such
such as
suck
sudden(ly)
suffer
sugar
suggest
suit
suitable
sum
summer
sun
supervise
supper
supply
support
suppose
suppress
sure
surface
surplus
surprise
surrender
surround
survive
suct
sund
swallow
swear
swear in
sweep
sweet
swell
swim
swing
sword
sympathy
system
table
tail
take
talk
tall
tank
tardy
target
task
taste
tax
taxi
tea
teach
team
tear [v]
tear(s)
technical
telephone
telescope
television
tell
temper
temperature
temple
temporary
ten
tend/tendency
tender
tennis
tense
tent
term
terrible
territory
terror/terrorist
test
textiles
than
thank
that [cj/pn/aj]
the
theater
themselves
then
theory
there
therefore
they/them/their(s)
thick
thief
thin
thing
think
thirst/-y
this/these
thorough
those
though
thought
thousand/-th
thread
threat/-en
three/third
throat
through
throughout
throw
thumb
thunder
thus
ticket
tidy
tie
tiger
tight
time
timetable
tin
tire/tired
tire [n]
tissue
title
to
tobacco
today
toe
together
tomorrow
tone
tongue
tonight
too
tool
tooth
top
torture
total
touch
tour
tourist
toward(s)
tower
town
toy
track
trade
tradition/-al
traffic
tragic
train/-ing
translate
transparent
transport
trap
travel
treason
treasure
treat/-ment
treaty
tree
tremble
trial
tribe
trick
trip
troops
tropical
trouble
trousers
truce
truck
true
trunk
trust
truth
try
tube
tune [n]
turn
twelve
twice
twist
two
type
typical
ugly
uncle
under
understand
undo
uniform [n]
union
unit
unite
universal
universe
university
unless
until
up
up to
upper [aj]
upright
upset [v]
upside down
upstairs
urge
urgent
use
useful
useless
usual/-ly
valley
value
variety
various
vary
vegetable
vehicle
verb
version
very
veto
vicious
victim
victory
view
village
violate
violence/violent
violin
virus
visit
voice
volcano
vote
vowel
voyage
wages
waist
wait
waiter
wake [v]
walk
wall
wander
want
war
warm/-th
warn
wash
waste
watch
water
wave
way
we/us/our/ours
weak
wealth
weapon
wear
weather
weave
wedding
week
weekly
weigh
weight
welcome
well
west/-ern
wet
what
whatever
wheat
wheel
when
whenever
where
whether
which
whichever
while [cj]
whip
whir
whistle
white
who/whose
whoever
whole
why
wicked
wide/width/breadth
widespread
wife
wild
will
willing
win
wind [v]
wind [n]
window
wine
wing
winter
wire
wise/wisdom
wish
with
withdraw
within
without
witness [n]
woman
wonder
wood/-en
woods
wool/-en
word
work
world
worm
worry
worse
worship
worst
worth
worthy (of)
would
wound
wrap
wreck(age)
wrist
write
wrong
wrongdoing
yard
year
yearly
yellow
yes
yesterday
yet
you/your/yours
young
youth